05 Jul 2022
The UK Government has joined other world leaders at the UN Ocean Conference to announce new initiatives to protect the global marine environment. Defra released a news item which stated that: ‘The government’s ambitious £500 million Blue Planet Fund, launched at the G7 Leader’s Summit last year, is already supporting developing countries and vulnerable coastal […]
05 Jul 2022
The UK government, with Canada, Iceland and the US, has launched a world-first global alliance to tackle illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing which poses a threat to ocean ecosystems, coastal communities and global fish stocks by undermining fisheries management and distorting trade. The IUU Fishing Action Alliance will bring together countries leading the fight […]
05 Jul 2022
The Crown Estate has announced the potential locations of floating offshore wind development in the Celtic Sea. TCE has identified five ‘areas of search’ off the coasts of Cornwall and Wales with the intention to lease refined areas within these via competitive tender in mid-2023. The Crown Estate said in its press release that: ‘In […]
05 Jul 2022
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture aims to provide objective, reliable and up-to-date information to a wide audience – policymakers, managers, scientists, stakeholders and indeed everyone interested in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. The 2022 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture coincides with the launch of the Decade of Action to […]
05 Jul 2022
The second UN Ocean Conference was held in Lisbon from 27th June to 1st July, 2022. The Conference saw the unanimous adoption of the Lisbon Declaration, a suite of science-based and innovative actions, taking into account the capacity challenges facing developing countries, in particular, Small Island Developing States and Least Developing Countries, at the frontline of […]
05 Jul 2022
The marine consultancy ABPmer has developed a series of scenarios to better understand and communicate issues surrounding future spatial pressures on fisheries. The consultancy was contracted by the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) with the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF). The NFFO press release states that ‘the report was produced among mounting concerns within the fishing […]
28 Jun 2022
Sea-Changers 2022 Innovation Fund is now open for applications and will remain open until 18th September 2022. The fund’s focus is on supporting new and experimental solutions to marine conservation challenges. This includes innovation in areas such as: Addressing the root causes of marine conservation threats and challenges in the UK. Preventing or […]
28 Jun 2022
A new paper – entitled Offshore wind farms contribute to epibenthic biodiversity in the North Sea – has been published in the Journal of Sea Research and has received media coverage. According to the lead author, marine ecologist Dr Remment ter Hofstede, and his colleagues, “the North Sea was once abundantly covered with hard substrates […]
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